Just because...

As I mentioned in the previous post, reading Atul Gawande's Being Mortal should be a must, wherever you are in health care. A doctor from a family of doctors with a hospice experience of his own was just another example from which we can learn. I stayed up late last night just to finish it.

Want to know how to get your medical records? It might be a perilous journey! Check out this post from HIStalk. You don't have to be a health care informatics genius to see how crazy this can be. You have rights. If you local hospital HIM department tramples them, be sure to contact the nice people responsible for enforcing HIPAA compliance.

Finally, I saw this link on a blog I read. I could not believe it; however, having been in an ER within the last few months, I do now wonder.

It's almost February, so you can guarantee, I will GoRedforWomen. This bad attitude has to stop.

More to come...enjoy the remaining moments of this weekend, wherever you are!

Benefits of being a student

1. You get to read lots of magazines that have absolutely nothing to do with nursing, but are interesting when studying the US healthcare system.

This FastCompany article on Medicare fraud was very enlightening.

2. You get an international perspective from more than just your classmates on privacy issues, whether it's HIPAA or some other national protocol.

Word to staff: Don't try this one, even if she is cute.

3. Another plus: idiots exist wherever you go, just like the MD and her husband in this article.

Thank you Vince Ciotti for posting these links via HIStalk. You make being a student very interesting, indeed. Keep up the good work!

Off I go to work. More later...